The Devil Make Me Do It

By Dennis King

Do you remember: “The Devil made me do it.” That was a comedic line voiced many times on television last century? Who said it? People who provide that expression in real life are only offering up feeble excuses. They try to shift the blame for yielding to temptations or just plain doing something wrong to someone else.
Humankind has always struggled to understand—if the sin we do comes from outside evil influences or the devils residing within us. Could it be that we sin because of our own, inborn, sinful nature? James 1:14 declares, “Each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire” Why then, do we transgress? We sin because we are sinners infected with sin. While demonic, oppressiveness, powers are real, our sinful natures are the primary problems. “Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these.” Notice, Galatians 5:19-21 says it’s the “works of the flesh,” not the works of the devil.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dennis King
• Release date: Nov 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005488642

Dennis King

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The Devil Make Me Do It

By Dennis D. King

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Copyright 2022 Dennis King

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The Devil Make Me Do It

From the beginning of our creation, humans have manifested lustful, immoral, shiftless, or self-gratifying attributes. The first occurrence of the devil made me do it used as an excuse was in the Garden of Eden. Eve says, I was deceived by the serpent, and I ate." Does her explanation exonerate her? No! In fact, not only did she receive God's promise of sorrow and pain, so did Adam suffer the effects?

The Lord said to him, Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life. Unfortunately, we are still convicted and in the grips of their original sin.